Cape Espartel
Cape Spartel is a promontory in Morocco about 1,000 feet above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, 12 km west of Tangier. It is the northwesternmost point of the African continent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: promontory on the northwestern tip of Morocco
- Also known as: “Cape Spartel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caves of Hercules.
Caves of Hercules
Cave
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0.
The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco.
Cape Espartel
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Tangier, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Mediterranean Morocco, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.79153° or 35° 47′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.92567° or 5° 55′ 32″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8C7PQ3RF+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5849091714OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Espartel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Cape Espartel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Spartel”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κώτης ἄκρον”
- Arabic: “رأس سبارطيل”
- Asturian: “Cabu Espartel”
- Azerbaijani: “Spartel burnu”
- Basque: “Espartel lurmuturra”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Спартэль”
- Belarusian: “Спартэль”
- Bengali: “স্পার্টেল অন্তরীপ”
- Catalan: “cap Espartel”
- Catalan: “Cap Espartel”
- Cebuano: “Cap Spartel”
- Chinese: “斯帕特爾角”
- Dutch: “Cap Spartel”
- Dutch: “Kaap Spartel”
- French: “cap Spartel”
- French: “Cap Spartel”
- German: “Kap Spartel”
- Italian: “Capo Spartel”
- Japanese: “スパーテル岬”
- Japanese: “スパルテル岬”
- Lithuanian: “Spartelio kyšulys”
- Moroccan Arabic: “أشبرتال”
- Persian: “دماغه اسپارتل”
- Polish: “Przylądek Spartel”
- Portuguese: “cabo de Espartel”
- Portuguese: “cabo Espartel”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Espartel”
- Portuguese: “promontório de Spartel”
- Portuguese: “Spartel”
- Russian: “Спартель”
- Spanish: “Cabo Espartel”
- Swedish: “Kap Spartel”
- Turkish: “Spartel Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Спартель”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mediouna and Achakkar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Terrasse Sweet Sunset and Cape Spartel Lighthouse.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Espartel”. Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.